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hopeless

hope·less
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hohp-lis]
    • /ˈhoʊp lɪs/
    • /ˈhəʊp.ləs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hohp-lis]
    • /ˈhoʊp lɪs/

Definitions of hopeless word

  • adjective hopeless providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer. 1
  • adjective hopeless without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 1
  • adjective hopeless impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc.: Balancing my budget is hopeless. 1
  • adjective hopeless not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate for the purpose: As a bridge player, you're hopeless. 1
  • noun hopeless Feeling or causing despair about something. 1
  • adjective hopeless person: incompetent 1

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Origin of hopeless

First appearance:

before 1560
One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; hope + -less

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hopeless

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hopeless popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hopeless usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hopeless

adj hopeless

  • forlorn — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
  • sad — Systems Analysis Definition
  • tragic — characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
  • useless — of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
  • desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.

adjective hopeless

  • unpromising — unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
  • fruitless — useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
  • doomed — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
  • bleak — If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
  • pessimistic — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.

Antonyms for hopeless

adj hopeless

  • cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
  • joyful — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
  • auspicious — Something that is auspicious indicates that success is likely.
  • promising — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.

adjective hopeless

  • encouraging — Giving someone support or confidence; supportive.
  • expectant — Having or showing an excited feeling that something is about to happen, especially something pleasant and interesting.
  • positive — admitting of no question: positive proof.
  • excellent — Used to indicate approval or pleasure.

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